To  the  Ministefs  aod  Members  of  the  P[esbjtefian  Chufches  and  Congregations  in  N,  Carolina, 

The  Editorial  corps  of  the  "North  Carolina  PitESBYTEKUN'  is  now  complete,  by  the  unanimous 
election  of  B.  Fuller,  Esq.,  of  the  Fajetteville  Bar,  as  Associate  Editor. 

It  is  our  earnest  desire  that  the  first  number  shall  be  issued  by  the  1st  Jan'y  next,  and  we  choose 
that  time,  instead  of  an  earlier  day,  because  the  existence  of  tlie  Paper  will  then  commence  with  that 
of  the  Kew  Year,  and  it  will  be  more  convenient  for  many  to  begin  their  subscriptions  at  that  period. 

2500  subscribers  will  be  necessary  to  enable  us  to  publish  the  paper  without  loss:  that  number 
/  should  and  can  be  secured  by  tlie  time  indicated  above.  Our  Synod  can  easily  afford  8000  subscribers; 
indeed  a  larger  number  could  be  obtained  with  but  little  exertion  or  sacrifice,  if  all  those  to  whom  this 
Circular  is  addressed  will  but  come  up  to  our  help  and  lend  us  their  hearty  co-operation. 

About  1500  names  are  already  on  our  list,  and  we  are  confident  that  hundreds  of  others  are  only 
waiting  an  opportnnity  to  subscribe.  We  desire  through  this  medium  to  afford  that  opportunity;  and, 
to  that  end,  we  earnestly  request  that  you  will  use  your  influence  to  induce  your  friends  and  neighbors 
to  send  on  their  names. 

A  large  circulation  not  only  extends  the  field  of  usefulness,  but  affords  the  means  of  greatly  en- 
hancing the  value  of  the  paper  to  its  readers  and  to  the  Churcli;  and  we  are  well  convinced  that  a  per- 
sonal, direct  appeal  to  their  love  for  our  common  Cliurch  and  State  is  all  that  they  need. 

We  would  respectfully  call  the  attention  of  Pastors  to  the  recommendation  of  Synod  in  this  behalf, 
and  uroe  upon  them  the  importance  of  an  early  action  in  the  matter.  A  word  of  encouragement  and 
solicitation  from  them  will  accomplish  more  than  much  effort  on  tlie  part  of  otiiers,  as  our  present  list 
of  subscribers  abundantly  testifies. 

The  tei'ms  are  very  low:  the  paper  is  to  be  of  large  size,  and  in  all  respects  we  believe  will  give 
ample  satisfaction.  The  Church  in  our  State  greatly  needs  a  journal  of  this  kind,  and  there  are  abun- 
dant facilities  for  supplying  this  want,  now  sorely  felt. 

The  Ruling  Elders  and  private  Churcli  members  can  do  much,  very  much,  for  our  support  and  en- 
couragement. It  is  indeed  but  an  intensification  and  wide  diffusion  of  individual  effort  that  we  con- 
template,  and  if  we  shall  succeed — (and  failure  is  impossible  if  we  work  in  the  right  spirit,) — many 
who  now  mourn  over  the  waste  and  desolate  places  in  our  Zion,  will  find  matter  for  rejoicing,  when 
they  see  her  by  this  means  again  clothed  in  the  freshness  of  a  vigorous  and  healthy  existence. 
I  Many,  who  in  their  despondency  now  regard  the  Church  as  inefficient,  will  leap  for  joy  at  behold- 
ing her  "arise  and  shine,  hcF  light  having  come,  and  the  beauty  of  the  Lord  having  risen  upon  her." 

Will  you  not  then  urge  this  matter  as  one  in  which  you  have  a  ^personal  interest?  We  shall  be 
encouraged  to  find  our  Jiands  thus  upheld,  and  you  will  be  rewared  by  the  consciousness  of  having  used 
your  endeavors  in  the  right  direction. 

Please  forward  the  names  of  new  subscribers  to  us  at  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 

By  order  of  the  Ex.  Cora. 

GEORGE  McNeill,  Sr.,  Chairman. 

Nov'k  5th,  1857. 

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